MELBOURNE CHINATOWN BEST EATS | Celebrating Chinese New Year with the Best Food in Chinatown

[@TwoHungryDiners]

Thanks everyone for voting on our Instagram story last month when we asked about what video to make to celebrate Chinese New Year this year. Hope you guys enjoy this best eats in Chinatown video. We'll see you guys in the next video! 😊

[@birgittapermana8599]

Hi.. are the restaurant in Chinatown will open on Sunday? 😇

[@feedmeimei]

Dang the second spot has all the goods!!! Xiao long bao, sheng jian bao, and I love those shanghai noodles!!!!

[@TwoHungryDiners]

Such a great spot to have XLB and dumplings! 😍

[@feedmeimei]

Haha I used to get Happy Lemon like 3x a week like 4-5 years ago 😂 Pretty sure you're supposed to sip it at a 45 degree angle instead of using a straw, make sure you try drinking it that way next time!

[@TwoHungryDiners]

Ah, thanks for the tip! Next time we'll try this 👍

[@nickandhelmi]

Chicken and pork xiao long bao .. ooooo! I like my classic pork though hehe 😉 so juicy, savage peter ripping that poor pan fried dumplings hahah

[@TwoHungryDiners]

Classic pork XLB is always people’s favourite. Haha that pan fried dumplings are super juice and the skin is chewy too 😍

[@feedmeimei]

Happy Lunar New Year guys!!! What a great way to celebrate!

[@TwoHungryDiners]

Happy Lunar New Year too Meimei!

[@KimchiAndBeansVideos]

Fish flavored eggplant? Nabol says heck yes. Hahaha And what's up with the cheese foam? We see it everywhere. We'll need to try it at some point too.

[@TwoHungryDiners]

That eggplant is to die for!! Haha you should try cheese foam for your bubble tea next time, so delicious 🤤

[@feedmeimei]

Yum all those goodies at the bakery! That bolo bao looks hella good & delicious! I love the top part hehe 😋

[@TwoHungryDiners]

Yup the top part is the best, crunchy and sweet 😀

[@feedmeimei]

Omg that dimsum feast I'm so jealous right now! I loveee that beancurd roll!!!!

[@TwoHungryDiners]

The beancurd roll is really nice and crunchy. Great yum cha! 👍

[@nickandhelmi]

Classic chicken feet! We love it and always order it too

[@TwoHungryDiners]

Yup, chicken feet is a must order in yum cha 👌🏻

[@mariaandbryan]

Yay! Chinatow Best eats!!

[@TwoHungryDiners]

Yay!! Thanks guys for stopping by 😍

[@nickandhelmi]

Wife cake 🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭

[@TwoHungryDiners]

Unfortunately there is no husband cake for husbands, I think?! 😆

[@mariaandbryan]

Happy Chinese New Years

[@TwoHungryDiners]

Thanks guys!!

[@GaryDiamondComedy]

Another great video guys. I live near China town and will have to try your recommendations. Are you guys Indonesian? I thought I detected an Indonesian accent. Love your videos!

[@TwoHungryDiners]

Yes we are Indonesians :) Hope you enjoy and get to try our recommendations. Thanks so much for watching! ☺

[@ChandySaoStreeteats]

Looking some of my video by finishing with some bubbletea! Green tea with rock salt is unique. Ill try it!

[@TwoHungryDiners]

Awesome! bubble tea while editing is great idea!

[@LifetimeTravelmates]

1:15 haha I thought that guys was praying or thanking for the food, he was just rubbing hands as "this is gonna be delicious!!" 😂

[@TwoHungryDiners]

Lol we didn’t notice until you said it 🤣

[@TravelInteresante]

Lol damn the fish in the hot oil was screaming hot right off our screen, sad it wasn't quite as spicy though... Those prawns though... That would be our jam.

[@TwoHungryDiners]

That's what we thought too when they served it in front of us, until they took out most of the dried chilies and we tried it and found it's not that spicy. I think they should keep the chilies in the bowl haha. Yup the sand prawns are really nice, good for non-spicy lovers 👍

[@mariaandbryan]

The street decoration is soooo beautiful. Ramen!!!! Lieles would divorce me and marry ramen any day lol Happy lemon boba tea! If it is called happy, it has to be great!

[@TwoHungryDiners]

Love the CNY decor in this chinatown this time around 🥰 Hahahah no Lieles, you can’t choose ramen over Maria 😆

[@mariaandbryan]

Sichuan food, if the pandemic wouldn't have happened, we would have had so much Sichuan food 😋😋😋

[@TwoHungryDiners]

Ah that’s right, we would also travel to Szechuan to eat all the spicy food there 😆

[@KimchiAndBeansVideos]

Those Shanghai noodles are right down our alley. Great spread with the dumplings. And that bakery looks dangerous. We've been looking for that pineapple bun here in Chicago. No luck yet.

[@TwoHungryDiners]

Haha yup the bakery looks dangerous, we actually gone a bit overboard with the cakes we bought haha Oh maybe you can find pineapple bun in Chinatown too in Chicago?

[@TravelInteresante]

Miss some delicious dumplings! Can't get anything quite the same in Istanbul, really was a ton of unique spots in Melbourne.

[@TwoHungryDiners]

Did you guys try Shanghai street dumplings last time too? Usually, that place is packed with tourists too (pre-covid) 😄

[@PuriandSue]

Starting the meal with chicken feet, yums!! Ahhh I miss having dim sums and my yum cha sessions. Ooof those xiao long bao, pork, prawn or chicken, give me them all! Love all those hong kong pastries, pineapple bun and wife cake, oh gosh, it's been so long since I had all these!!

[@TwoHungryDiners]

Can't miss chicken when eating yum cha for sure. Shanghai street XLB is really good, must have when visiting Melbourne's Chinatown. Yup, those HK pastries are super nice, love them all 😍

[@PuriandSue]

Sichuan house dishes look amazing. Fish flavoured eggplant sounds really interesting, always a fan of eggplants. AWwwwh Golden sand prawns!! Anything that says "Golden", can't say no to salted egg yolk! Probably Ony's spicy tolerance got better, need more spice for her next time :P

[@TwoHungryDiners]

Hahah that's right, can't say no to salted egg yolk. Lol maybe I have better tolerance or their chilies were not just spicy enough this time haha.

[@mariaandbryan]

The Xiao long Bao and the noodles are making me drool all over the computer We love hong kong bread and cakes...so good

[@TwoHungryDiners]

Those XLB are must have when visiting Melbourne Chinatown. Haha they look delicious, dont they? 🤗

[@FoodandFootprints]

First time seeing chicken in a xiao long bao. Love those pan fried bao too!

[@TwoHungryDiners]

Really glad they have the chicken option so non-pork eaters can eat too haha

[@LifetimeTravelmates]

the fried prawn rolls with bean curd skin...nice combo, we'd love to try!!

[@TwoHungryDiners]

It was so tasty, crunchy bean curd skin and delicious prawn in the middle 👌🏻🤤

[@mariaandbryan]

Shark Fin Inn looks amazing. All the food you order looks phenomenal

[@TwoHungryDiners]

Their yum cha selections are one of the best in the city 👍🏻

[@PuriandSue]

Omg the tonkotsu ramen!! The charsu slices yums! Vegetarian ramen is realy interesting, but I would definitely go for my meat haha! Happy Chinese new year guys!!

[@TwoHungryDiners]

Haha yeah vegetarian charsu is perfect for non-meat eater. The real charsu would be always better for meat eater like us haha.

[@TravelInteresante]

Yess, miss Melbourne's chinatown so much! We wound up spending a good amount of time there in just our few days in the city, really so many good spots!

[@TwoHungryDiners]

That's nice you guys spent a bit of your time in Chinatown last time. Yes, there are many good spots to check out, especially the food spots! :D

[@KimchiAndBeansVideos]

Perfect video for this week! We were going to get some Chinese food and then we got a snow storm! Hahaha Yes to dim sum. Great way to start the tour. Never seen those prawn toast. Yes to the rice roll too.

[@TwoHungryDiners]

That’s right! Perfect video celebrating lunar new year this week 🤗 Oh no snow storm! Hope you guys stay warm inside. The yum cha selections at that restaurant are really great, delicious too! 🤤

[@FoodandFootprints]

Love Sichuan food! Ma la flavors are where it’s at

[@TwoHungryDiners]

Spicy and addictive!

[@LifetimeTravelmates]

9:23 haha Ony gets so serious before that thumbs up! good to see the different expressions while experiencing all the flavours!!

[@TwoHungryDiners]

Haha that’s nice to hear that guys paid attention to our expressions 😁 That sichuan food is really delicious, been while since we visited that restaurant 😍

[@AlphaTraveler1]

Looks like a good time. I cant wait until the pandemic is over and I can get to your country and see for all it is. Very cool. 👍👍👍

[@TwoHungryDiners]

Hope we can all travel again soon and you get to visit Chinatown in Melbourne too and try all these delicious food 😍

[@TheSwiftHDSG]

Great video!!

[@TwoHungryDiners]

Thanks so much for watching!

[@AnSEpisodes]

First of all Happy CNY too guys! yes we love yumcha! chicken feet is a must haha and we usually never share a bowl, had to get one each haha lol.=p

[@TwoHungryDiners]

Happy CNY too guys! Yes can't share chicken feet with anyone. Lucky Peter doesn't like it so it's all mine :P

[@nickandhelmi]

Ooo yes to die for!!! Salted egg prawn 🍤

[@TwoHungryDiners]

Never fail to satisfy our salted egg craving 😍

[@SantosChronicles]

Mmmmmm. Bakery is my type of stop for sure. My wife loves spicy food so I bet she would love that Spicy soup you guys tried!!!. I love Bubble Tea. Meeting up with Hungry Black Panda next week to get some Bubble Tea!!!!! Thanks for sharing your Chinatown!!!

[@TwoHungryDiners]

Thanks for watching Carl!! Haha yeah baked goods and sweet stuff are really good, aren't they! That's cool that you're meeting with Vic next wee, please say hi to him from us.

[@presidentoxford]

Anyone eating shark fin is without conscience. integrity or worth.

[@AnSEpisodes]

By the way, a bit random, we miss Hawker Chan noodles in Melb too! yum yum!

[@TwoHungryDiners]

Oh yesss! Hawker Chan is yum and cheap, it's been a year since we last ate there, omg. We need to visit again soon!

[@FoodandFootprints]

Yesss chicken feet is a must at dim sum!

[@TwoHungryDiners]

Super yummy!!

[@lifeonthebeelist3782]

If you don't have chicken feet, Are you even at yum cha? 😂😋 It's almost 1pm now, and it's raining, why did I have to watch this? 😂☔

[@TwoHungryDiners]

Hahah. That's right, can't miss chicken feet when at yum cha. Thanks so much for watching!

[@amarjasika5931]

Amazing video, now i'm super hungry! Can't wait to get back to Melbourne, i know where i'm going first!

[@TwoHungryDiners]

Thanks so much!! Hope you can visit Melbourne again and try these delicious food from Chinatown in this video 😄

[@AnSEpisodes]

We love Shanghai dumplings too! That sand prawn in Sichuan house looks so good!! we want to try that :)

[@TwoHungryDiners]

Shanghai Street dumplings are the best! Always long line outside the restaurant. Those sand prawns are to die for, so delicious!

[@NguyenningAtLife]

Wow that golden sand prawn though!! 🤤🤤🤤 Also, Happy Lemon is our fav! We also get the green tea with salted cheese foam!! Yummmm 😋

[@TwoHungryDiners]

Yesss that Golden sand prawn is to die for. Happy Lemon’s green tea with salted cheese foam is really good, isn’t it! Their most popular one in the menu 👍🏻

[@ChandySaoStreeteats]

Xiao long bao are my favourite!! And demonstrated the correct way to eat them. I used to put it in my mouth and it would burst everywhere!

[@TwoHungryDiners]

Hahha it's easy to just eat in one bite because of the size and you can be bothered to tear the skin apart. Just need to be careful when it's hot! :D

[@SonyTandi]

You made me craving for dim sum and that pineapple bun from maxims is one of my favorite yummm!!! Gong Xi Fat Cai, Xin Niam Kaui Le 🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧

[@TwoHungryDiners]

Gong Xi Fa Cai, Happy Chinese New Year ko Sony! 🧧🏮

[@PeterandYen]

The China town in Melbourne looks great 👍 if we're there we'll definitely be hitting up that yum char spot. The custard tart y'all got looks pretty tasty too 😋 but yo the pineapple 🍍 bun is the star! Mmmmmm cheese foam is the greatest hahaha looks so good.

[@TwoHungryDiners]

Chinatown in Melbourne is very iconic. I would say one of the best looking ones in Australia (only have been to few ones in other states though). The CNY decor makes it even prettier this year. Hahaha bubble tea with cheese foam is the best! 😍

[@roystanl3563]

Just to let you know that Mr Ramen San shop address should be 12A, 200 Bourke Street, Melbourne.

[@TwoHungryDiners]

Thanks for the correction! You are right. We have corrected it in the description box 🤗

[@FoodandFootprints]

Ahhh we love HK style egg tarts! Especially paired with HK milk tea or yuen yeung

[@TwoHungryDiners]

Oh yes, HK milk tea would have been nice with those egg tarts!

[@RudyVisuals]

Aaron really likes chicken feet but it's quite hard to find them in the UK unless you go to a specific store 😄

[@TwoHungryDiners]

Ah, you should be able to find them at yum cha restaurants, maybe in Chinatown too? 😊

[@lavacacio2643]

Oh my this video is making me drool! Do I need to book prior going to Shark Fin Inn? Thanks!

[@TwoHungryDiners]

Hey, we suggest make an booking 😊 It was packed when we do the filming but it was on a public holiday. Maybe not so bad on weekdays

[@FoodandFootprints]

Feel like we’ve seen a ton of Sydney’s Chinatown, so it is nice to see what Melbourne has to offer

[@TwoHungryDiners]

Yay! Melbourne's Chinatown is the oldest Chinatown in Australia, and it's got a lot to offer 😍

[@RudyVisuals]

Maxims cakes look so delicious! I love pineapple buns and egg tarts!

[@TwoHungryDiners]

Those are iconic Hong Kong baked goods/desserts! Very yummy 🤤

[@LifetimeTravelmates]

guys! not sure if we can reach the end of the video without grabbing our phone and ordering some Chinese food!! 😂 you making us so hungry!!

[@TwoHungryDiners]

Hahha that’s the main purpose of making food video, making people hungry when watching it 👍🏻 Thanks guys!!

[@RudyVisuals]

The milk tea looks and sounds so delicious! I remember when I first heard about the cheese foam I found it a bit of a weird combination but now I'm obsessed with it!

[@TwoHungryDiners]

Exactly the same thing happened to me, I thought it was very interesting combination but many people like it so I just gave it a go 🤣

[@FoodandFootprints]

Not surprised they ran out of the egg yolk custard bun - those are soooo good 🤤🤤

[@TwoHungryDiners]

Was disappointed they run out of the egg yolk custard buns, it's always a pleasure to eat them at yum cha. We tried them before at this place and it's so good!

[@acidclarity_]

you guys are awesome! such a joy to watch and love the way you showcase the Melbourne foodie scene!

[@TwoHungryDiners]

Thanks so much for the kind words. We love Melbourne food scene a lot (that’s probably why we chose to live in this city hahaha) and will be exploring Melbourne food deeper 🤗

[@acidclarity_]

@@TwoHungryDiners Fantastic! Super looking forward to it😄 Happy Chinese New Year!!

[@TwoHungryDiners]

Happy Chinese New Year to you too! 🥳

[@PogiboyProductions]

Happy CNY guys!! Chicken feet, shumai.. oh man, big meal! The steamed dumplings though.. I got my eye on those 😋❤ Maxims cakes look delicious.. the perfect treats! Ahh tonkotsu ramen!!! I'm sure it's great too! I just had that a few weeks ago too!! Green tea to wash everything all down! Great episode guys!

[@TwoHungryDiners]

Thanks guys!! Happy CNY too if you celebrate it 😃 Ah yes saw your video wating tonkotsu ramen. Looks delicious 🤤 😍 Thanks for watching!

[@AussieAngeS]

Everything you ate looks amazing 😍 wow I haven’t been to. Gina town in Melbourne for years and I really need to go there soon

[@TwoHungryDiners]

You need to visit Chinatown soon Angie! 😄 So many good food and hidden gems . Glad to hear our video inspires you to visit soon!

[@SantosChronicles]

Miss Chinatown so much. When things are back to normal can't wait to go back when things are back to normal. Didn't realize that Australia had their own Chinatown!!!!! I don't think I have ever tried chicken feet before. You guys ate a good variety. You guys hit so many places. The Stam Xao Long Bao are my favorite. Never had the prawn. You guys are really introducing me to different things on this episode.

[@TwoHungryDiners]

We do have Chinatown in each big cities :D You need to try chicken feet when you eat yum cha! Haha

[@kookaluv]

hahaha ..most countries have a china town ..chinese came here to Australia hundreds of years ago during gold rush ..btw you should try the kangaroo dumplings lol

[@DoggyMoggy]

Happy New Year too you guys!!! Enjoyed this a lot. We had Yumcha recently too! So good 😍 Not sure about those chicken feet though 😂😂😂

[@TwoHungryDiners]

Happy CNY too if you celebrate it 😄 That’s great that you had yum cha recently 👌🏻🤤 Haha would you dare try chicken feet next time? 😆

[@leahrox12]

I'm drooling!! Thanks for sharing about this place :O

[@TwoHungryDiners]

You’re welcome! Glad you find this video useful 🥰

[@kookaluv]

Cant believe you didn't go to Westlake for yum cha ,, best yum cha hands down in Melbourne ..baked pork buns to die for ..you guys need to do your research , obviously not from Melbourne

[@TwoHungryDiners]

Lol not including Westlake doesn’t mean we didn’t do research. Our research and experience eating yum cha in Melbourne didn’t give Westlake as top place for yum cha. There are better ones obviously in Melbourne in our opinion. We understand different people have different opinion and prefered places. This video simply to give our viewers our version of recommendations. Oh also we’ve lived in Melbourne for more than 15 years 🙃

[@kookaluv]

@@TwoHungryDiners no idea lol

[@domeperruzza]

It's Melbourne part of Asia ?

[@domeperruzza]

Guys , Guys ?

[@domeperruzza]

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